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Editorial stories exploring the living traditions, rituals, and people who keep horse culture alive across continents.
Featured Story · Spain
Soul of Spain: Part II — The Vaquero
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Escaramuza: Women, Horses, and Tradition in Mexico's Arena
Set to music and performed at full gallop, Escaramuza brings eight riders into the arena as a single unit.
Lords of the Southern Plains: The Rise and Fall of the Comanche Horse Nation
For the Comanche, the horse was not a means of travel but the foundation of warfare, survival, and freedom.
The Return of the Horse: From Extinction to Transformation
Horses evolved in North America, vanished for ten millennia, and were brought back by Spanish colonizers.
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